Here's an insightful article from the BBC this morning. It was categorized in the "most popular" grouping, so I wasn't out trawling for something to fit my own personal agenda. It discusses the idea of vegetarians eating meat and still keeping their title as vegetarians. It also goes on to offer reasons why people are eating less or no meat, but not calling themselves vegetarian.
I think the line is drawn pretty clearly in the sand ... people should not amend the term vegetarian with thinks like "pesca" and "pollo" because they eat a lot of vegetables the rest of the the time ... its stupid. There's nothing unique about that ... not eating red meat is just healthy common sense. Calling oneself vegetarian is a title that is special, needs to be earned, and should be regarded with pride. If someone wants to eat a vegetarian diet most of the time, but occasionally sample seafood, no worries just think of a title that accurately reflects that (green diet?). Its like calling myself a heavy weight boxer because I punched a guy in the breakroom at work. All I can say is I would rather see a world full of mostly-vegetarians than a world full of marginalized vegans.
heres a link to the article here.
- Paul
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